On May 13, 1957, the New Orleans Times Picayune announced the founding of the Louis A. Martinet Legal Society. The organization of the Society was a result of the efforts made by Earl J. Amedee; Israel M. Augustine; Louis Berry; Lionel Collins; Robert F. Collins; Nils R. Douglas; Norman C. Francis; Benjamin J. Johnson; Alvin Jones; Vanue B. LaCour; Ernest N. Morial; Justice Revius Ortique, Jr.; J.T. Powell; James Smith; A.P. Tureaud; Freddie Warren; and Lawrence Wheeler.
